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Evan & Tiki

Hour 1: Kyler Murray to the Jets? Breaking Down the QB Options

Evan & Tiki

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4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

With the Arizona Cardinals preparing to move on from Kyler Murray, a fascinating possibility emerges: could the New York Jets take a swing on the former No. 1 overall pick? Evan Roberts argues the Jets should seriously consider the upside play. Murray may not have lived up to expectations in Arizona, but his talent, age, and past success make him one of the most intriguing quarterback lottery tickets available. With weapons like Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall plus a solid offensive line, could New York be the perfect one-year prove-it spot? Tiki Barber pushes back, preferring the safer veteran route and questioning Murray’s durability, leadership style, and fit with offensive coordinator Frank Reich. The guys debate Murray vs. Kirk Cousins, the Jets’ quarterback dilemma heading into free agency, and whether New York should swing for upside or settle for stability.

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0:00.0

The Arizona Cardinals and Kyler Murray are breaking up. Yes. And they will attempt to trade him over the next week. They will not be able to. They will then release him. And Kyler's in an interesting situation in which he's a free agent. And money isn't really going to be a factor. No. Because these teams will pay him small amount of money and the Arizona Cardinals are essentially going to take care of the rest. So two things we need to tackle immediately.

0:23.0

Number one, should the Jets go after Kyla Murray?

0:26.3

And then, of course, number two, why the hell would Kyler Murray want the New York Jets?

0:30.7

Well, so I think Kyla Murray would want the Jets because if you start looking at the other options, they really aren't a

0:39.9

ton.

0:40.6

Like, where is he going to go make a difference?

0:42.6

The Minnesota Vikings.

0:44.1

Yeah.

0:44.8

That's the team.

0:45.4

Does he feel like Kevin O'Connell type of guy?

0:48.3

The way that that offense has historically run, even, you know, whether it was with J.J. McCarthy or Sam Darnold a couple

0:57.7

years ago, it doesn't feel like that's the kind of player that Kevin O'Connell would want as his

1:03.3

quarterback. Now, I might be wrong, but Minnesota's what? Where else? There's not a lot of landing

1:09.6

spots where he's going to go in and potentially steal the starting job. Indie would be one. Where else? There's not a lot of landing spots where he's going to go in and potentially

1:12.2

steal the starting job. Indy would be one depending on the health of Daniel Jones, but we saw

1:18.4

yesterday, we talked about nobody gets a transition tag. Daniel Jones got transition tagged by the

1:22.8

Indianapolis Colt, so they clearly want him to think he's going to be healthy. There's just not a ton of

1:27.0

options for Kyle Murray to go be a starter somewhere. Now, if he wants to just go, hey, I've been in the league for eight, seven years, this will be my eighth season. I'm comfortable just being a backup. That doesn't feel like Kylo Murray. No, he's going to want to start. He's going to want to start. And if he's going to want to start, there are less than a handful of teams that he can go compete with and maybe be a starter with. The Jets are one of them. So that's why he would want to be here. So let me get this straight. Tiki's reasoning number one for why Kyler would take us is that he doesn't have any other options. Yes. Yeah, it's interesting. I mean, that's a big one, though. No, no, it's fair because if you really expand the list, Minnesota, it starts and ends with Minnesota. To me, the Minnesota Vikings, for every single quarterback available will be the most appealing landing spot. Yes. The coach's reputation, the roster, Justin Jefferson. I mean, you go

2:18.0

through the list. The Minnesota Vikings would be everyone's number one preferred list, but they're only going to add one quarterback. And it may not be, Kyler Murray, to your point. I have no idea who it's going to be. We'll try to guess coming up with quarterback bingo real soon, but I don't know the answer. So then after Minnesota, the holy grail of where quarterbacks would want to go. Did the Cleveland Browns

2:35.4

go after a quarterback? Well, I feel like they're

2:37.2

locked in So then after Minnesota, the holy grail of where quarterbacks would want to go, do the Cleveland Browns go after a quarterback?

2:36.4

Well, I feel like they're locked in, unfortunately, with Deshaun Watson.

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